たちんぼう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たちんぼう – see the following entry.

【立ちん坊】 [noun] the act of standing continually in one place, or a person who does such [noun] (historical) a person who waits at the base of a hill or incline, and offers to push vehicles up it in exchange for money [noun] a day laborer who stands in a gathering place waiting for employment [noun] a streetwalker; a prostitute [noun] (Can we verify(+) this sense?) beggar, tramp, panhandler [noun] (Can we verify(+) this sense?) drug dealer, pusher Alternative spelling 立ちんぼう

(This term, たちんぼう (tachinbō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)